2021 Poma will start on October 11, the shortest time in history to complete the world's six majors has come

On January 26, local time, the Boston Athletic Association (BAA) announced that the 125th Boston Marathon, as part of the Massachusetts reopening plan, is scheduled to be held on October 11, 2021 if road races are allowed. Monday) held. In addition, in 2021 Poma will also provide an online competition mode.

Affected by the epidemic, last year’s Boston Marathon was first postponed and finally cancelled. However, the epidemic in the United States has not improved since this year. Although the race date has been announced, it is only a tentative plan. Whether the game can be staged as scheduled is "cautiously optimistic." October 11, 2021, will be 910 days from the 2019 Boston Marathon. After 910 days of waiting, countless runners are looking forward to this grand marathon to be held as scheduled. However, the official has not yet announced when the registration for the 2021 event will be opened. In addition, other details including the scale of the live competition, registration date, safety measures and agreements, and participant requirements have not yet been announced.

With the initial date of the Boston Marathon, from September 26 to November 7, 2021, the six Grand Slam marathons in 2021 will usher in the shortest schedule in history. If the global epidemic is brought under control, many runners Friends ridicule the opportunity to complete the six majors in more than 40 days!

September 26, Berlin Marathon

October 3, London Marathon

October 10, Chicago Marathon

October 11, Boston Marathon

October 17, Tokyo Marathon

November 7th, New York Marathon

#100km men's world record is almost broken

On January 23, the well-known running shoe brand Hoka One One aims to break the 100km world record Carbon X 2 It is planned to be held in Phoenix, USA. 13 men and 6 women super horse elite players signed by Hoka One One participated in this challenge.

In the end, a total of 6 men and 4 women completed this challenge. Among them, American Super Marathon star Jim Walmsley won the men's first place with 6:09:26, with an average kilometer pace of 3 points. 42 seconds, but unfortunately this result is a world record of 6:09:14 set by Nao Kazami (Nao Kazami) in Japan on June 24, 2018 in the Lake Saroma Super Marathon. Only 12 seconds away! However, Walmsley's achievement set a new North American record. The previous North American men's 100-kilometer record was 6:27:44, which was set by the American King Max in Doha in 2014.

Comparison of Jim Walmsley and Nao Kazami's segmented results

It is worth mentioning that in the Hoka One One Carbon X 100km Challenge held in May 2019, Walmsley's final result It was 7:05:24, but the world record of 50 miles was set at 4:50:08, breaking the legendary South African runner Bruce Fordyce in 1983 in the London to Brighton 50-mile race, the famous British road super horse race, with 4 The previous world record set in hours, 50 minutes and 51 seconds.

In the game, Walmsley’s shoulder was also hung up because of the roadside fence

French player Audrey Tanguy (Audrey Tanguy) scored 7:40:36 Become the first female player to complete this challenge, with an average pace of 4 minutes 36 seconds. This result is far from the women's world record of 100 kilometers set by Tomoe Abe of Japan (Tomoe Abe) in 2000 at 6:33:11 (average pace of 3 minutes and 55 seconds), and is far behind the Russian player Tatyana Zhir. There is also a certain gap in the European record of 7:10:32 set by Tatyana Zhyrkova in the Netherlands in 2004.

#2021 Osaka International Women’s Marathon

As the world’s most famous women’s marathon, the Osaka International Women’s Marathon has ushered in its 40th edition this year.It will start this Sunday. Mao Ichiyama and Honami Maeda, who have been successfully selected as representatives of the Tokyo Olympic Marathon in Japan, became the most dazzling elite athletes this year.

Although Asao Ichiyama lost at the MGC Japan Marathon Olympic Trials held in 2019, he withstood the pressure at the Nagoya Women's Marathon last year and set the national record of Japan's pure women's marathon 2:20:29, Maeda Ko Minami won the MGC (2:25:15) and ran 1:38:35 in the 30km Ome race on February 16 last year, breaking the record held by the Athens Olympic women’s marathon gold medalist Mizuki NOGUCHI (Mizuki NOGUCHI) The women’s 30 km national record (1:39:06). The goal of the duo in this battle is to break the national record of 2:19:12 set by Noguchi Mizuki in 2005. Some elite players are as follows:

This year's Osaka International Women's Marathon Due to the epidemic, the race will be held in a lap race in Osaka Nagai Park, a 2.5km lap. Fortunately, the route has been certified by the IAAF.

It is worth mentioning that in this Osaka International Women’s Marathon, in addition to the male runner Yuki Kawauchi as the pacer, there are also Iwata Yuji (the 23rd in the 2020 Tokyo Marathon, 2:08:45), and Takeuchi Yoshiki (2020 Fukuoka) Marathon sixth, 2:09:31) and other male players will also appear in the rabbit lineup.

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